Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Where Freedom Awaits -- On the Mountain Pass -- Transforming the Tatras -- Turn-of-the Century Innovations -- The Hutsul Region and the Hand of Civilization -- The Advent of the Railway -- A New Alpine Club -- A Poland of Regions -- A Novel Wilderness -- Tourism for the Masses -- Battling for the Soul of the Bieszczady -- Power, Ecology, and the Public Sphere. |
Summary |
"A study of how three discrete mountain ranges within the Carpathian Mountain system -- the Tatras, Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains, together with their indigenous highlanders (Górale, Hutsuls, Boikos, and Lemkos)--were discovered and turned into popular tourist destinations by Poles and Ukrainians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries" -- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Carpathian Mountains -- Discovery and exploration.
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Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 19th century.
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Carpathian Mountains -- History -- 20th century.
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Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 19th century.
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Tatra Mountains (Slovakia and Poland) -- History -- 20th century.
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Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 19th century.
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Beshchady Mountains (Poland and Ukraine) -- History -- 20th century.
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Europe -- Beshchady Mountains. |
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Europe -- Carpathian Mountains. |
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Europe -- Tatra Mountains. |
Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dabrowski, Patrice M., 1960- Carpathians Ithaca, [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501759673 (DLC) 2020056458 (OCoLC)1233023973 |
ISBN |
9781501759697 pdf |
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1501759698 pdf |
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9781501759680 electronic book |
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150175968X electronic book |
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9781501759673 hardcover |
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1501759671 hardcover |
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